Bow facing oar



"S. H. WILLIAMS Bow FAGING OAR Filed Aug. 30, 1935 May 7, 1935.

. Mt was@ Patente-cl May 7, 1935 'f UNITED` STATES 1 PATENT OFFICE-g' iY y f i 2,000,630. p vvBow FACING OAR A Vsion H. williams, Hombeak, Temi. Application August `30, 1933, Serial No. 687.435`

1 claim. `(o1. :v -z5);

My invention relates to improvements in bow threaded stem I6 which has an enlarged head II facing oars and the main object is to provide an at one end provided with a ltapered socket I8 to. yoar assembly in a simple and ecient form by receive the other bearing-cone 4 ofthe carrier I. the use of whichv a person'rowing a boat may A lock nut le is threaded on thestem ISbetween face forwardly therein in the direction traveled.' ears I3Yand I4 andthe stem may be' turned 5- Anotherobject is to provideV an assembly of through the earISandadjusted andlocked'by the'f this kind including carriers'mounted on the gunnut I 9 to bring the socket I3into proper engage! wales of the boat and arms pivotally mounted ment with the cone 4. and pivotally support the thereon and connected together and carrying the carrier I at its ends vbetv'veentl'xe said bearings as io handles and oars, Vall of the pivotal connections will be 'readilyunderstood "-The stem IE extends l0' being adjustable so as to take up fonwear and through an aperture in 'the ear I4 to give an prevent rattling and noise which, :when the Vboat additional bearing for thest'ern and both the head is used for hunting or fishing, would scare off the I'I and lock nut I9 aregroovedfor serrated as at 2| game. l f to facilitatetheir manual operation withoutlthe" v 5 Another object is to provide a structure of this aid of tools and to make it readily possible for thev l5"V kind which may be readily attached to and used oarsman to adjust theselelements and'compensate on any small boat. 1 for *wear in-the cones. 'f The bones54 have oil' With the foregoing and other objects in view grooves 22 in one side by which oil is carried into the invention resides in the novel construction their sockets.

20 and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth 'I'he carrier has bearing sockets 23 and 24 near 20 y and claimed, reference being had to the accomits downwardly bent ends 3 which sockets taper panying drawing wherein: downwardly from their open upper ends to their Figure 1 is a plan View of my improved oar lower ends which are closed except for concenstructure as arranged on one gunwale of a boat. trically located bolt apertures 25 and 26 as shown.

25 Figure 2 is a side elevation of the pivotally A handle mounting or carrying arm 21 is pro- 25 mounted carrier and its supporting elements vided including a tang portion 28 having a hollow alone. rounded upper face 29 to receive the round end Figure 3 is an enlarged side elevation of one portion of a handle 30 which is secured thereto of the oar carrying arms and an end of one of by bolts 3l. At substantially a medial point the 30 the oars. arm 21 has a downwardly extended and tapered 30 Figure 4 is a section along the line 4-4 in Figbearing cone 32 adapted to enter the bearing ure 3. socket 23 at one end of the carrier I as shown in Figure 5 S an enlarged longitudinal sectional Figure 6. This cone 32 is of such diameter, taper VeW through the adjustable Carrier SuDDOIting and length as to fall considerably short of the element. bottom or lower end of the socket 23 when it is 35 Y Figure 6 is an enlarged section along the line wedged loosely therein as shown,Y whereby wear 6-6 in Figure l. on these parts may be taken up and looseness Referring 110W with mOIe parteularty JG0 the avoided by simply moving the cone down into the drawing my invention comprises a carrier I in socket as will be readily apparent. The cone 32 the form of an elongated bar 2 reduced intermehas an axially extended bore 33 Open dear 40 diate its ends and channeled out for lightness through to receive a bolt 34 which is passed down and having its ends 3 bent downward and prothrough the bolt aperture 25 and provided with a vided with axially aligned bearing cones or points loeket washer 35 and nut 36 toV hold the parts 4. This earlel" iS DVO'aly SuDDO'rted on the together and take up the wear as described, the guIlWale A O JChe beatiue' ShOWn) suitably adhead 31 of said bolt being preferably sunk into a 45 jacent the TOWeTS Seat by means of a iixed bearrecess 38 in the arm as shown so as to clear the ing 5 and adjustable bearing 5- Said Xed bealhandle end 33. The cone 32 has a peripheral oil ing 5 includes a base 1 apertured to receive groove 38 and upwardly extended groove 40 to mounting screws 8 and an upstanding head 9 facilitate oiling the cone and socket as will be having a tapered socket I0 to receive one of the apparent. bearing cones 4 of the carrier. 'I'he adjustable At its end remote from the handle 30 the arm bearing 6 likewise includes a base I I secured by 21 is bent and curved laterally as at 4I and has a screws I2 to the gunwale A and bearing spaced tapered bearing socket 42 thus offset from the axis upstanding ears I3 and I4 one of which is tapped of the arm and adapted to receive a tapered at I5 to threadedly receive and engage the bearing cone 43 at one end of an elongated connecting bar or link 44 which is held in place by a bolt 45. At its other end this connecting bar 44 has another and similar tapered bearing cone 46 pivotally mounted in a tapered bearing socket 41 provided in one end of an oar carrying arm 48 and held therein by a bolt 49, both these pivotal connections of the ends of the bar 44 being identical to that fully described between the arm 21 and the carrier i as will be understood. About midway of its length the arm 28 has a tapered depending bearing cone 50 mounted in the socket 24 and held therein by a bolt 5l substantiallyV as described for the arm 21 and this arm 48 likewise includes a tang 52 having a rounded hollow upper face 53 to receive the rounded end 54 of the oar 55 which is secured thereto by bolts 56. In operation as the handle 30 is pulled back in the direction of the arrow in Figure lit turns in the bearing socket 23 and throughthe connecting bar 44 swings the oar 55 rearwardly at its outer end in the socket 24. Thus the desired rearward movement of the oar is accomplished by a person facing forward and pulling the handle back toward him. On the forward stroke of the handle and oar the oar may be'raised from the water by turning or tipping the carrier l in its hunting or shing as the noise would scare away the game. Further details of the utility and advantages of my invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art without further description at this point.

While I have herein set forth a certain preferred embodiment of my invention it is understood that I may vary from the same in minor structural details so as best to construct a practical device for the purposes intended, not depart ing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope of the appended claim.

Iclaim:

In a device of the kind described an elongated carrier bar having at its ends offset and aligned bearing cones, a xed bearing having a conical socket to receive one of the bearing cones, an

vadjustable bearing having a conical socket to receive the other bearing cone, the said carrier bar having conical sockets adjacent each end thereof, a handle arm having a bearing cone rotatably seated in one ofthe sockets of the carrier bar and having a conical socket at its inner end, av handle secured to the inner end of the handle arm, an oar` arm having a bearing cone rotatably seated in the other socket of the carrier bar, and having a conical'socket at its outer end, an oar secured to the outer end of the oar arm, a connecting bai-'having at its ends, bearing cones rotatably seated in the sockets at the inner end ofthe handle arm and the outer end of the oar arm respectively, and take-up means for rotatably anchoring the several bearing cones within their respective sockets, whereby wear of the jointsof the assembly may be taken up and rattle 

